Paid vacations: Number of days by service requirement

Table 38. Paid vacations: Number of annual days by service requirement,1 State and local government workers,National Compensation Survey, March 2012

(All workers with paid vacations = 100 percent)

Characteristics

Paid vacation days by length of service2

Meannumber ofdays

Mediannumber ofdays

Less than 5days

5 to 9 days

10 to 14days

15 to 19days

20 to 24days

Greaterthan 24days

After 1 year

All workers

4

11

58

16

9

3

12

12

Full time

4

10

59

16

8

3

12

12

Part time

–

22

48

12

12

–

12

10

Union

3

13

60

13

7

4

12

11

Nonunion

5

8

57

18

10

1

13

12

1 to 99 workers

6

15

60

13

–

–

11

11

1 to 49 workers

5

18

61

–

6

–

11

10

50 to 99 workers

8

–

59

–

3

–

11

11

100 workers or more

4

10

58

17

9

3

13

12

100 to 499 workers

4

15

60

14

7

1

12

12

500 workers or more

4

8

57

17

10

4

13

12

After 5 years

All workers

2

4

27

49

12

6

16

15

Full time

1

4

26

50

12

6

16

15

Part time

–

10

43

31

10

–

14

14

Union

1

6

22

53

10

8

15

15

Nonunion

2

3

30

47

14

4

16

15

1 to 99 workers

–

4

32

53

6

–

14

15

1 to 49 workers

–

–

35

49

9

–

14

15

50 to 99 workers

–

–

28

58

3

–

14

15

100 workers or more

1

4

26

49

13

6

16

15

100 to 499 workers

1

4

33

50

9

4

15

15

500 workers or more

1

5

24

49

15

7

16

15

After 10 years

All workers

1

2

9

53

27

9

18

18

Full time

1

1

8

53

27

9

18

18

Part time

–

6

15

49

23

–

17

17

Union

1

3

8

51

28

10

18

18

Nonunion

2

1

10

54

26

8

18

18

1 to 99 workers

–

–

12

60

19

5

17

17

1 to 49 workers

–

–

13

56

21

5

17

17

50 to 99 workers

–

–

10

65

17

6

17

17

100 workers or more

1

2

8

51

28

10

18

18

100 to 499 workers

1

2

10

53

27

7

18

18

500 workers or more

1

2

8

51

28

10

19

18

After 20 years

All workers

1

1

5

14

48

31

22

22

Full time

1

1

5

14

48

32

22

22

Part time

1

5

9

17

50

18

20

21

Union

[3]

2

4

11

48

35

22

22

Nonunion

2

1

6

16

48

28

22

22

1 to 99 workers

–

–

9

16

46

26

21

21

1 to 49 workers

–

–

11

13

43

28

20

21

50 to 99 workers

–

–

7

–

49

23

21

22

100 workers or more

1

1

5

13

48

32

22

22

100 to 499 workers

–

–

7

15

43

32

22

21

500 workers or more

1

1

4

13

49

32

22

22

1Employees either are granted a specific number of days after completion of theindicated length of service or accrue days during the next 12-month period. The totalnumber of days is assumed to be available for use immediately upon completion of theservice interval. Periods of service are chosen arbitrarily and do not necessarily reflectindividual provisions
for progression. Fractional vacation amounts were rounded to thenearest full number of days.

3Less than 0.5.

2Employees eligible for paid vacations but who have not fulfilled the minimumservice requirement are included as receiving 0 days. Estimates include plans that areexclusively for paid vacation and vacation plans that are part of a consolidated leaveplan that provides a single amount of time-off for workers to use for multiple purposes.

NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals. Dashindicates no workers in this category or data did not meet publication criteria. Fordefinitions of major plans, key provisions, and related terms, see the "Glossary ofEmployee Benefit Terms" at www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/glossary20112012.htm.